Parshat Vaera

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God reveals His name to Moses, the first seven plagues strike Egypt, and Pharaoh's heart is hardened. Exodus 6:2-9:35.

Moses and the Origins of the World

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 28:4

Can you picture them all crying out at the same moment? Shemot Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Exodus, tells us that God hears them all concurrently...

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Moses Speaks to God

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 28:5

Shemot Rabbah (a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Exodus) offers a mind-bending perspective on this, using God as the ultimate example. It begins with the simp...

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Moses and Joseph

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 43:9

This particular section, Shemot Rabbah 43, gives us a glimpse into the intense drama that unfolded between Moses and God after the Israelites' colossal blunder. The verse in questi...

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Trial of Moses and Tabernacle

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 51:1

Who do we trust? Why do we trust them? And what happens when that trust is broken? In Jewish tradition, the concept of trust, of being a ne'eman, a trustworthy person, is incredibl...

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Trial of Moses of Tabernacle

Midrash Rabbah Shemot Rabbah 51:6

Our story comes from Shemot Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Exodus. It centers on a seemingly simple verse: “The Tabernacle of the Testimony, as the...

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Angels Attend to Moses and Aviram

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 6:4

That feeling, that sting of inner circle treachery, echoes through the ancient words of Shir HaShirim Rabbah, the collection of Rabbinic teachings on the Song of Songs. Today, we'r...

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Kingdom of Moses and Songs

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 7:1

I can't possibly do that!" Well, Moses felt that way too. to a fascinating interpretation of the Song of Songs that reveals Moses's very human anxieties. The verse we're looking at...

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Dawn of the World and Moses

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 14:1

Jewish tradition grapples with it too, and beautifully so. In the Shir HaShirim Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Song of Songs, we find a fascinating explora...

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Pharaoh's Journey and Israelites

Midrash Rabbah Shir HaShirim Rabbah 14:2

The ancient rabbis certainly understood that feeling, and they used powerful stories to explore it. The Shir HaShirim Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Song o...

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